RBC Capital Starts Coverage on 9 Education Stocks: Strayer (STRA) Named Top Pick

June 25, 2009 9:17 AM EDT

RBC Capital initiates coverage on For-Profit/Education & Training Services Sector:

  • Strayer Education (Nasdaq: STRA) with a Top Pick. Price target $244, suggesting possible upside of 18% from current levels.
  • American Public Education (Nasdaq: APEI) with an Outperform. Price target $42, representing potential price appreciation of 11.3%.
  • Career Education (Nasdaq: CECO) with an Outperform. Price target $25, suggesting upside of 10.7%.
  • Capella Education (Nasdaq: CPLA) with an Outperform. Price target $66, suggesting upside of 15.6%.
  • Grand Canyon Education (Nasdaq: LOPE) with an Outperform. Price target $18, suggesting upside of 14%.
  • ITT Educational Services (NYSE: ESI) with an Outperform rating. Price target $114, representing possible upside of 20% from current levels.
  • Apollo Group (Nasdaq: APOL) with a Sector Perform. Price target $73, indicating potential price appreciation of 9.7%.
  • DeVry (NYSE: DV) with a Sector Perform. Price target $53, suggesting 10.9% upside from current levels.
  • Corinthian Colleges (Nasdaq: COCO) with an Underperform rating. Price target $17, representing upside of 6.9%.
Stocks in the Education sector are trading in positive territory on the back of the mostly bullish reports.


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APEI 33.97

+1.44 +4.43%
Volume: 436,745
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APOL 55.99

-0.48 -0.85%
Volume: 2,886,855
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CECO 22.75

-0.07 -0.31%
Volume: 822,699
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COCO 14.97

-0.23 -1.51%
Volume: 3,357,746
Track COCO

CPLA 70.71

-0.30 -0.42%
Volume: 59,711
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DV 55.38

+0.09 +0.16%
Volume: 858,079
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ESI 94.24

+0.32 +0.34%
Volume: 669,769
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LOPE 18.13

-0.31 -1.68%
Volume: 230,419
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STRA 199.82

-1.05 -0.52%
Volume: 150,841
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